USC routinely shuffles numbers between games for a variety of reasons. But, according to NCAA rules, “Numbers shall not be changed during the game to deceive opponents.” If cited, the infraction calls for a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

However, officials typically monitor only the numbers worn by offensive linemen, which in college must be between 50 and 79.

Asked if Kessler’s number switch during the Colorado game was meant to deceive, Kiffin said, “We’re just playing within the rules of college football.”

The NCAA football rule book includes a section called the “The Football Code” which is part of the American Football Coaches Assn.’s Code of Ethics. In a list of “unethical practices,” the first item is “Changing numbers during the game to deceive the opponent.”

The hilarious thing here is that the Laner felt the need to do this in a game against 1-6 Colorado, which currently sits at #159 in Sagarin. Sure it’s perverse, but you’ve got to love a guy who’s that comfortable in his dickitude. Maybe if he took all his attention to that and devoted it to game planning instead, Southern Cal wouldn’t keep losing to Stanford.

18 responses to “Lane Kiffin, master of disguise”

I know a huge part of our fan base will only be happy if we end up in Miami–I would Love it too ! However if we got to play this knucklehead in The Sugar Bowl and beat his brains out–I would be a happy Dog ! Beat fla and I will be a happy Dog !!

I hate to say it, but said d*ckhead would beat Richt like a drum on fire. We are missing the element of “let’s win, win now, at all cost!” Kiffin is a pr*ck for sure, but he would have us beat before the first qtr ended. Just my two cents.

I beg to differ. Kiffin left UT football looking like a couch on fire. It’s still not right. There are ZERO Kiffin recruits currently in the UT program. You think that’s a recipe for success? I can’t imagine the criticism Richt would garner if he skipped a recruiting class.

I was talking to a fellow Georgia person the other day, and the subject of Richt came up and a possible replacement. This person said, in all seriousness, “Who would we get? It’s not like Kiffin’s going to leave Southern Cal.”

I think the Richt haters are just exactly thinkers like that guy. Don’t think for a minute that the vast majority of that group is any different than the Cheetzik and Laner crowd. Would sell their soul for a faux award, no matter what it took to get one. The surprise in this is the people who are surprised….look in the mirror folks, it is what you look like to all others.

I did hear a story a month or so ago about some way he was manipulating scholarships to get around the sanctions, might have been a Saban-gray shirting/medical scam type of thing but it truly was playing the system. Guy has zero scruples. I hope the Ducks squat brown poop on his slacks and shoes as they run past his defense.

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